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Jim Golden

James Edward Golden

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: March 20, 1936 in Eldon, MO
Signed by the Philadelphia Phillies as an amateur free agent in 1954. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 30, 1960
Teams (by GP): Colt.45's/Dodgers 1960-1963

Final Game: April 23, 1963
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Standard Pitching

Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1960 24 LAD NL 1 0 1.000 6.43 1 1 0 0 0 0 7.0 6 5 5 1 4 0 4 0 0 0 30 65 1.429 7.7 1.3 5.1 5.1 1.00
1961 25 LAD NL 1 1 .500 5.79 28 0 13 0 0 0 42.0 52 30 27 7 20 2 18 0 0 1 199 74 1.714 11.1 1.5 4.3 3.9 0.90
1962 26 HOU NL 7 11 .389 4.07 37 18 4 5 2 1 152.2 163 84 69 13 50 4 88 0 1 7 662 92 1.395 9.6 0.8 2.9 5.2 1.76
1963 27 HOU NL 0 1 .000 5.68 3 1 1 0 0 0 6.1 12 4 4 0 2 0 5 0 1 1 30 60 2.211 17.1 0.0 2.8 7.1 2.50
4 Yrs 9 13 .409 4.54 69 20 18 5 2 1 208.0 233 123 105 21 76 6 115 0 2 9 921 85 1.486 10.1 0.9 3.3 5.0 1.51
162 Game Avg. 7 10 .409 4.54 53 15 14 4 2 1 159 178 94 80 16 58 5 88 0 2 7 704 85 1.486 10.1 0.9 3.3 5.0 1.51
LAD (2 yrs) 2 1 .667 5.88 29 1 13 0 0 0 49.0 58 35 32 8 24 2 22 0 0 1 229 73 1.673 10.7 1.5 4.4 4.0 0.92
HOU (2 yrs) 7 12 .368 4.13 40 19 5 5 2 1 159.0 175 88 73 13 52 4 93 0 2 8 692 91 1.428 9.9 0.7 2.9 5.3 1.79

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Awards
1960 24 LAD NL 7.0 1 1 5 6.43 4.10 0.22 0.07 110.0 4.35 -2 -0.2 -0.0 -0.1 -1 .347 .499 $9,000
1961 25 LAD NL 42.0 28 0 30 6.43 4.83 -0.28 -0.20 100.4 4.92 -7 -0.7 .7 0.0 -0.3 -2 .474 .496 $10,000
1962 26 HOU NL 153.0 37 18 84 4.94 4.58 -0.56 -0.01 94.5 4.84 -3 -0.3 1.2 -0.1 1.0 16 .492 .498 $
1963 27 HOU NL 6.1 3 1 4 5.68 4.27 -0.49 -0.09 86.7 4.04 -1 -0.1 .1 0.0 0.0 -1 .455 .499 $
4 Seasons 208.1 69 20 123 5.31 4.60 -0.48 -0.05 95.9 4.82 -13 -1.3 .9 -0.1 0.6 12 .481 .498 $19,000
LAD (2 yrs) 49.0 29 1 35 6.43 4.72 -0.21 -0.16 101.8 4.84 -9 -0.9 .7 0.0 -0.4 -3 .470 .497 $19,000
HOU (2 yrs) 159.1 40 19 88 4.97 4.56 -0.56 -0.01 94.2 4.81 -4 -0.4 1.1 -0.1 1.0 15 .490 .499 $

Batting Against -- Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB ROE
1960 24 LAD NL 1 30 25 5 6 0 1 1 0 0 4 4 .240 .333 .440 .773 .238 11 1 0 0 1 0 1
1961 25 LAD NL 28 199 170 30 52 7 4 7 1 1 20 18 .306 .377 .518 .895 .308 88 2 0 8 1 2 4
1962 26 HOU NL 37 661 601 84 163 16 8 13 9 5 50 88 .271 .325 .389 .715 .298 234 13 0 6 4 4 12
1963 27 HOU NL 3 30 28 4 12 0 0 0 2 1 2 5 .429 .467 .429 .895 .522 12 1 0 0 0 0 0
4 Yrs 69 920 824 123 233 23 13 21 12 7 76 115 .283 .341 .419 .760 .305 345 17 0 14 6 6 17
162 Game Avg. 53 703 630 94 178 18 10 16 9 5 58 88 .283 .341 .419 .760 .305 264 13 0 11 5 5 13
MLB Averages .254 .321 .388 .709 .277

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1960 24 LAD NL -1.4 -0.1 30 -0.5 0.5 -1.0 1.09 -0.1 -0.4 -2.5 -0.2 1.09 -0.9 0 0 0
1961 25 LAD NL -6.0 -0.6 202 -1.8 1.3 -3.1 .55 -0.9 -2.4 -11.7 -1.1 0.55 -9.3 5 3 19
1962 26 HOU NL -7.8 -0.8 683 0.1 11.5 -11.4 .98 -0.7 0.8 -3.9 -0.4 0.98 -6.0 5 7 7
1963 27 HOU NL -1.4 -0.2 34 -0.2 0.2 -0.4 .57 -0.1 -0.2 -2.0 -0.2 0.57 -2.1 0 0 2
4 Yrs -16.6 -1.6 949 -2.4 13.5 -15.9 .88 -1.8 -1.0 -20.1 -1.9 0.88 -18.3 10 10 28

Starting Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1960 24 LAD NL 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 45.0 45 45 2 0 0 1 7.9 7.7 7.0
1962 26 HOU NL 37 18 5 10 3 0 3 6 12 .333 1 2 5 2 9 50% 46.3 87 23 31 15 8 3 4.5 4.1 5.7
1963 27 HOU NL 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 36.0 36 36 2 0 1 0 0.0 0.0 2.3
3 Yrs 41 20 6 11 3 1 3 7 13 .350 1 2 5 2 9 45% 46 87 23 35 15 9 4 4.5 4.2 5.6
MLB Averages .500 52% 52 115 -14 4.3 4.2 6.4

Reliever Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1961 25 LAD NL 28 28 13 1 1 2 0 2 0% 3 1 19 10 53% 8 .554 5 3 19 4 1 23 11 17 16 2 17 4 4.5
1962 26 HOU NL 37 19 4 2 1 2 1 1 50% 5 3 21 5 24% 6 .983 5 7 7 5 2 12 11 8 14 3 15 1 7.8
1963 27 HOU NL 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .567 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 1 0 6.0
3 Yrs 68 49 18 3 2 4 1 3 25% 8 4 40 15 38% .873 10 10 28 9 3 37 22 27 31 5 33 5 5.9

Ratio Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1960 24 LAD NL 30 50% 3.3% 13.3% 13.3% 6.7% 33% 1.83 70% 7 1 14%
1961 25 LAD NL 199 69% 3.5% 9.1% 10.1% 9.1% 35% 1.23 73% 39 2 5%
1962 26 HOU NL 661 57% 2.0% 13.3% 7.6% 5.6% 23% 1.17 76% 137 13 9%
1963 27 HOU NL 30 50% 0.0% 16.7% 6.7% 0.0% 0% 1.40 77% 10 1 10%
4 Yrs 920 59% 2.3% 12.5% 8.3% 6.2% 25% 1.21 75% 193 17 9%
MLB Averages 49% 2.4% 14.3% 8.6% 6.5% 29% 1.04 73% 10%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1960 24 LAD NL 30 6 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 50% 1 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1961 25 LAD NL 199 52 7 1 6 4 3 4 3 15 5 2 33% 4 1 0 87 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1962 26 HOU NL 661 163 13 0 10 8 5 5 8 44 19 7 43% 12 7 5 254 9 5 64% 9 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 16 0
1963 27 HOU NL 30 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 20 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
4 Yrs 920 233 21 1 16 12 9 10 11 61 25 9 41% 17 9 5 369 12 7 63% 12 5 0 1 0 1 0 0 20 0
MLB Averages 51% 63%

Cumulative Pitching

Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
1960 24 1 0 1.000 6.43 1 1 0 0 0 0 7.0 6 5 5 1 4 0 4 0 0 0 30 65 1.429 7.7 1.3 5.1 5.1 1.00 65
1961 25 2 1 .667 5.88 29 1 13 0 0 0 49.0 58 35 32 8 24 2 22 0 0 1 229 73 1.673 10.7 1.5 4.4 4.0 0.92 73
1962 26 9 12 .429 4.51 66 19 17 5 2 1 201.2 221 119 101 21 74 6 110 0 1 8 891 86 1.463 9.9 0.9 3.3 4.9 1.49 86
1963 27 9 13 .409 4.54 69 20 18 5 2 1 208.0 233 123 105 21 76 6 115 0 2 9 921 85 1.486 10.1 0.9 3.3 5.0 1.51 85

Neutralized Pitching

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1960 24 0 0 6.43 7.0 6 6 5 1 4 4 0 1.429 7.7 5.1 5.1 1.00 1.3 1
1961 25 2 3 .400 5.20 45.0 52 29 26 7 20 19 0 1.600 10.4 4.0 3.8 0.95 1.4 28
1962 26 7 9 .438 4.38 148.0 166 80 72 13 51 86 0 1.466 10.1 3.1 5.2 1.69 0.8 37
1963 27 0 0 9.00 5.0 13 6 5 0 2 4 0 3.000 23.4 3.6 7.2 2.00 0.0 3
4 Yrs 9 12 .429 4.74 205.0 237 121 108 21 77 113 0 1.532 10.4 5.0 1.47 0.9 69

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Shutouts s c a p y
1962 NL  2 (10th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 1 (2619), Average HOFer ≈ 185

Similarity Scores

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